Traduction de «Gains d'efficacité favorisant le jeu de la concurrence » (Français → Anglais) :

Creating the right conditions for digital networks and services to flourish – this requires high-speed, secure and trustworthy infrastructures and content services, supported by the right regulatory conditions for innovation, investment, fair competition and a level playing field.

We are thus in favour of adequately reviewing caps to take into consideration the relevant overheads and allow competition while not jeopardising consumer interests.

F. whereas in Case C-453/99 Courage v Crehan the Court of Justice ruled that, in order to ensure that Article 81 of the EC Treaty is fully effective, individuals and companies may claim compensation for damage caused to them by a contract or by conduct which restricts or distorts the play of competition,

I. whereas in Case C-453/99, the Court of Justice ruled that, in order to ensure that Article 81 of the EC Treaty is fully effective, individuals and companies may claim compensation for damage caused to them by virtue of a contract or conduct that restricts or distorts competition,

26. Calls in this connection, and in the interests of possible improvements in efficiency through the involvement of new operators and ways of providing SGIs, for more legal certainty as a matter of urgency as regards the different forms of inter-authority organisations (cooperation between local authorities, public-private partnership, awarding concessions) and the clarification of European law on competition the award of contracts and State aid and of the general criteria applicable throughout Europe; stresses that there should be legal clarification concerning the outsourcing of public services, which is distinct from the award of pu ...[+++]blic contracts; calls on the Commission to spell out the rules for awarding such outsourced services and to make a clear distinction between those rules and the rules governing public contracts;

The Commission concluded that, although the multilateral setting of the Visa MIF between competing banks constitutes a restriction of competition, a multilaterally-fixed interchange fee can lead to beneficial efficiencies and economies within a payment network, and therefore can benefit from an exemption, but only if it is set in a reasonable and equitable manner. This criterion is met by the revised MIF of Visa, in particular as it will be capped at the level of certain costs which the Commission is satisfied are relevant to the MIF.